Taobao Unboxing: We recreated a yakitori bar at home

Dec 18, 2020

With over a billion listings, Taobao is China’s answer to Amazon. In our series Taobao Unboxing, we go hunting for the best products under $30.

Taobao is China’s answer to Amazon. With over a billion products, it is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces. The listings are eclectic—one can buy groceries, electronics, tchotchkes, and even hire someone to argue for you.

In this new series, Taobao Unboxing, we go hunting for the best deals under $30 on the Chinese platform. In our first episode, we tried to recreate a yakitori bar at home using only products bought on Taobao.

(Taobao is a product of Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, the parent company of Goldthread.)

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Credit

Hosts: Victoria Ho and Jessica Novia

Producer: Jessica Novia

Videographer: Russell Chan

Editors: Hanley Chu and Nicholas Ko

Animation: Stella Yoo

Mastering: Joel Roche